Warning! Radians Custom Molded Earplug Failure

JCummings said:
Warning! Let me tell you trying to get that gooey mess out of your ear is VERY DIFFICULT! In fact it is literally impossible to completely remove it. I tried for a couple hours and even tried washing out my ear with a syringe. I did get most if it out but there is still a sticky coating of the stuff in my ear canal which will have to just slowly come out through the normal clearing of ear wax.
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A trip to your ENT [Ear, Nose and Throat] specialist may be in order.

Purchase a good pair of Electronic ear muffs and the health of your hearing will be much better served.

I was at the range yesterday when I guy complained about blood coming from his ear because he had inserted one of those ear plugs with three silicon plungers. When he attempted to remove it, which he said was very difficult, one of the edges apparently cut the inside of his ear.
 
Butch Lambert said:
JC,
You are wearing out all the forums with this and it happened yesterday. You expect them to answer your email on Sunday. Looks like a solid company that has been around for a while. If you are in a big hurry for an answer, call them.
You might find some other vendors that may be afraid to sell to you.
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Butch:
All I have done is try to spread the word so that others do not have the miserable experience I did. I have not said one word at all about the vendor and in fact have no animosity toward them at all. I have not said anything about wanting a response from them - you did. I fully understand that they will not contact me immediately and if you read any of my posts you will see that I never indicated any expectation from them whatsoever. In fact, I never even indicated whether I had contacted the vender until others like yourself brought it up. All I'm trying to do is prevent someone else from having this happen to them. And, that is easy to do. Try a small test amount outside your ear to make sure it will harden before you push this goo into your ear. I see no problem at all with my posting this far and wide. In fact If believe it would be irresponsible not to do so.
James
 
Close call

As Y'all well know, I'm pretty quick to pull the trigger on consumer issues and I almost did on this one. I then realized that they may have produced a bad lot that wouldn't set and others would/could suffer physically.

Besides, it gave me a chance to tell that peanut butter story.

Joe - I don't drink these days and I'm all but certain that incident was a contributor. Pretty sure as well that the term "sobering experience" spawned from just such an occurrence.
 
Somthing to think about the next time (if any) . When work has are ear Molds made the person puts a small ball/tuft of cotton wrapped with thread/floss in first to prevent the mixture from entering the inner ear, this also aids in the removal of the mixture. BTW an ice pack can help in the event the mixture doesn't set as it should (it's happened ).
 
I use the Radians mold it yourself(tan color) molded around a tube from a Walkers Digital Game Ear 2 for a hearing aid. Wear it every day--hearing aids are a ripoff, with probably a $2 chip from China as the circuitry, and they charge you thousands. Works great, and when shooting, I just turn off the Walkers, and stick in a silicone plug in my left ear. They say the Walkers shuts down for a gunshot, but it still sounds loud, unless I turn off the unit. The cheaper Walkers have no frequency control, and amplify too much high frequencies for me--somebody with a bag of potato chips will drive you out of the room.
 
Roger T said:
Somthing to think about the next time (if any) . When work has are ear Molds made the person puts a small ball/tuft of cotton wrapped with thread/floss in first to prevent the mixture from entering the inner ear, this also aids in the removal of the mixture. BTW an ice pack can help in the event the mixture doesn't set as it should (it's happened ).
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Ohh I'm sure an ice pack would have helped in Wilbur's situation too.....
 
Wilbur said:
I think it was 1970 when my roommate's girl friend discovered us passed out. On an unspoken dare, we had split a quart of blue label Smirnoff in less than two minutes....so...yes, we were quite unaware. She was somewhat angry because she had snuck out for the night and her date was incapacitated...."Hell hath no fury". The only thing she could find was a jar of peanut butter so she set to work filling our ears. I'm not saying she simply put some peanut butter in our ears. On the contrary, she took the time to press it in until there were no air bubbles. We thought the vodka was poison and that we were deaf for life. It was a momentary relief to find our ears clogged but then came the task of getting it out. Not easy, especially on the heels of near death from an overdose of alcohol. Swab a bit and hurl...swab a bit and hurl (never underestimate the healing power of cold bathroom tile). Some of it was left to dry and fell out in clods over time. I'm talking months here.

To this very day, I sometimes detect an odor of peanut butter when it rains a lot.
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aren't you glad there was no jbweld duct tape or crazy glue
 
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